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PATENT lOFFICE 2,092,743` l sMoxEns A sn naclzlvna `Emil A. nirner, Allentown, Pa.; The Allentown National Bank administrator of said Emil A.

llirner, deceased y Application August es, 1935senal No. 31,888

' 3 claims. (cl. isi-5,1)

This invention relates to ash receivers` useful to smokers.

As ordinarily constructed, smokers ash rec'eivers have rests transversely of their edges for the support of cigarettes and cigars. When the cigarettes, for example, are left burning on the rests of such receivers, theunconsumed ends extending outwardly of the tray edges eventiallyoverbalance the lighted ends, -whereupon the cigarettes topple over and fall beyond the connes of the receivers with attendant burning and soiling of table covers nor marring of the ilnish of the furniture on which the receivers are supported. Moreover,l byV reason of projecting beyond the ash receivers, the burning cigarettes are often accidentally displaced from the supports with like disastrous results.

My invention is directed toward obviating the contingencies which'have been mentioned. This 20. objective I attain in practice, as hereinafter more fully disclosed, through provision,V in connection l with smokers ash receivers, of rests for supporting cigarettes or the like with assurance against easy displacement accidentally, and in such manner that, upon becoming unbalanced when left to burn, they will fall into-'the receivers where they can do no harm to table covers or furniture. My invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of alternative forms, of which several 30Y examples are herein illustrated anddescribed.

Inthe drawings, Fig. I shows in top plan view,

a smokers ash receiver conveniently embodying4 the present improvements.

Fig. II is a longitudinal sectional View of the receiver taken asv indicated by the arrows II--II of Fig. I f

Fig. III is a transversesectional view taken as indicated by the arrows III`I1I of Fig. I.

Figs. IV and V are views' Acorresponding, to Figs. 40 I and II showing a-slig'htly modiiied form of ash l receiver.

Fig. VI shows in plan an alternative embodimentV of my invention; land Fig. VII shows the sectional profile of the modilied receiver featured in Fig. VI along the plane indicated by the arrows VII-VII in that figure. The ash receiver featuredY in Figs. I-III is intended to be used for both cigars and cigarettes, and as shown, is of oblong conguration with side walls I and 2, and end walls 3 and 4 all of substantial thickness. 'I'he side wallsv I and.2 it will be observed,l converge downward complementarily at a relatively'sharp angle toward ther bottom 5 of the receiver; while the end walls 3 and 4 are but slightly pitched inwardly toward C alone on card tables.

Extending inward from each of the side walls I and 2 at the center of the receiver vis a pair of 5 spaced-m, upwardly-tapering projections 1 having deep V-shaped notches 8 in their tops capable of supporting either cigarettes C or cigars C' horizontallyin parallel relation to the side walls I and 2 within the coniines of the receiver, and 10 of retaining said cigarettes and cigars against the possibility of easy accidental displacement. As shown, the V notches 8 are well spaced from l the side walls I and 2 so that the cigars C' or cigarettes C can be grasped by two iingers'in the 15 intervals 9 between the lugs 1 and thus easily renipved after the manner indicated in dot-anddash lines at the right hand side of Fig. III; or they may' be removed by inserting a linger beneath' them and rolling them out of the notches 20A 8 and over the edges of the side walls I, 2 toward the thumb as shown in dot-and-dash lines at the left of Fig. III. In order to facilitate the removal of the cigarettes C and cigars C' in the manner just described, the walls I and 2 aregouged in- 25 wardly` at a sharp angle as-at III in the intervals v 9 between the supporting projections `I. To further facilitate placement and removal of cigars C"upon the rests 1., the end walls 3 and" l are provided with notches II and I2 in line 30 respectively with the retaining notches 8 in said l rests.

Should a cigarette C be lett burning on either pair "of the projections `1 and eventually become unbalanced, itwill obviously fall into the tray 35 rather than out of it; whilel ashes `dropping from said cigarette as it burns, will be deflected toward v the center of the receiver as a consequence of thel slope of the side walls I and 2.

` The modified form of ash receiver featured in 40 Figs. IV. and V is also rectangular like the receiver of Figs. I-III but .of a smallery size andy intended for use more particularly for cigarettes As in the first instance, the side walls -Ia and 2a of the receiver are 45 sharply sloped and the end walls 3a. and la inclined at a lesser anglezto the bottom 5a of the receiver. The spaced-rest lugs 1a extending inward Afrom the side walls Ia, 2a have small V notches 8a in their tops of a size to conveniently 50 retain and support cigarettes C horizontally well inward of the wall edges; and said side walls'are gouged at a deep angle as at IIIa in the intervals 9a between the supporting projections 1a to provide clearances for the fingers and thereby facili- 55 tate placement and removal of the cigarettes C. Also as shown, the end walls 3a and 4a are notched centrally as` at I2, and the inner faces of said walls gouged with a taper as at I3 in con- 5 tinuation of such notches. By virtue of this, the end walls 3a and 4a, are narrowed so that it is impossible to rest cigarettes on them.

The ash receiver featured in Figs. VI and VII is of hexagonal configuration with alternate long and short walls Ic, 2c, 3c and I5, I6, I'I respectively. Extending inwardly from the long walls Ic-3c at the center are relatively wide single lugs 1c with transverse notches A8c in their tops for support and retainment, as shown, of cigl5 arettes C horizontally in parallelism with said sides within the connes of the receiver. The lugs 1c, it will be noted, are gouged centrally as at 9c and the walls Ic-3c gouged exteriorly as at IUc to provide clearances for the ngers 20 and thereby facilitate removal of the cigarettes C in the manner shown in dot-and-dash lines at the right of Fig. VII. The short Walls I5I1 of the receiver are raised at their centers as at I8 and thickened as at I9, and\moreover formed 25 with notches 20 which taper downward to slightly inwardly declining shoulders 2I at the normal level of said walls. Below the shoulders 2|, the notches 20 are suddenly constricted as atv 22. Holders are thus afforded into which cigars C' 30 may be pressed as shown to rest transversely of the walls I5-I'I uponv the declining shoulders 2 I. The wedging action of the tapering holders obviously prevents easy accidental dislodgment of the cigars C after they have once been placed.

35 If cigarettes C are placed within the narrow portions 22 of the notches, they will be directed into the receiver by the slope of the walls I5-I1, as shown in dot-and-dash lines at the left of Fig. VII.

40 All the trays herein illustrated may be cast or otherwise fashioned from metals, or molded from glass or ceramic materials as desired, the shaping in each instance being such that press dies can be readily used in the economic manufacture of 45 them from moldable substances.

The ash receivers herein illustrated are of course to be considered as exemplary of other possible forms within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a smokers ash receiver integrally formed from moldable material with downwardly-convergent side walls, pairs of spaced upwardly tapering projections extending inward from such side Walls and having retaining notches in their upper edges for receiving and supporting cigars or cigarettes parallel with the side walls and within the connes of the receiver, said recesses being spaced from the receiver walls and the portions of the latter intermediate the taper projections grooved out inwardly to facilitate grasping of a cigar or cigarette between the iinger and thumb in the intervals between said supporting projections.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a smokers ash receiver integrally formed from moldable material with downwardly convergent side walls, pairs of spaced upwardly-tapering projections extending inward from such side walls and having V-shaped retaining notches in their upper edges for receiving and horizontally supporting cigars or cigarettes parallel with the side walls and within the confines of the receiver, said recesses being spaced from the side walls and the portions of the latter intermediate the tapering projections being grooved out inwardly at a sharp angle to facilitate grasping of a cigar or cigarette between the nger and thumb in the intervals between said supporting projections, and aligned notches in the receiver end walls to further expedite placement of cigars on or their removal from the supporting projections.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a smokers ash receiver of polygonal configuration with a1- ternating long and short inwardly sloping side walls, said long walls having relatively wide inwardly extending central projections with transverse notches therethrough for horizontally supporting cigarettes within the confines of the receiver, and the short walls being centrally raised and thickened and having notches therethrough at the thickened portion, said notches tapering downwardly to form slightly inwardly-declining supporting shoulders for cigars, and said lastmentioned notches having a cross-section below said shoulders adapted to sustain cigarettes at an inclination lit ends downward.

EMIL A. HIRNER. 

